Recover SAP HANA Databases

After you protect your SAP HANA databases, you can recover them from Cohesity DataProtect as a Service, to their original or new location.

To recover protected SAP HANA databases:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, go to Sources to set up your recovery task.

  2. Click on the Source name.

  3. Above the tree, select Show All > Protected.

  4. Use the filters, search box, and views to locate and select the SAP HANA database.

    You can also use Global Search to locate, filter, and select the objects you need. Click the Global Search box at the top or type slash (/) anywhere to start your search.

  5. Click Recover at the top to open the New Recovery form with the Latest snapshot (protection run).

    If you need to recover from an earlier snapshot, click the Edit icon to open the Recovery Point calendar. Click List to view the available recovery points by timestamp and click one.

    • Click Select Recovery Point.

    • Click Next: Recover Options to return to the form.

  6. Under Recover To, select Original Location or New Location. If you choose:

    • Original Location, Cohesity will overwrite the original SAP HANA database on the same SAP HANA host. Note that this is a destructive action that cannot be undone. Type YES.

    • New Location, Select the Target SAP HANA host to which the data needs to be restored. Enable Overwrite existing object with the same name and Type YES.

  7. Select your Recovery Options:

    • Concurrency. The maximum number of restore streams that is created to exchange data. By default, maximum scaling is set to 16.

    • Start Database. Set it to ON if you want to activate the database after completing the recovery.

    • Rename. Provide the new name for the database if you want to restore the database with a new name.

    • Task Name. Change the default name of the recovery task.

  8. Click Recover.

Cohesity DataProtect as a Service begins to restore the selected database to the selected location.